*PLAYLIST 3.16.08 (MARCH RE-RELEASES)*
-“Blue Soul” – Blue Mitchell
-Off the Blue Soul album originally recorded in a 1959 session.
-Blue Mitchell – trumpet
-Curtis Fuller – trombone
-Wynton Kelly – piano
-Sam Jones – bass
-Philly Joe Jones – drums
-“Ornithology (AKA Bird Love)” – Charlie Parker
-From the Charlie Parker On Dial – The Complete Sessions album, originally released in 1993 with alternate takes on the new release
-part of an original box set
-“Quietude (Live)” – Thad Jones
-Off the Live at the Village Vanguard album, originally released 1967
-The second recording by the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra
-originally released on an LP
-Snooky Young – trumpet
-Marvin Stamm – trumpet
-Richard Gene Williams – trumpet
-Bob Brookmeyer – valve trombonist
-Jerome Richardson – reeds
-Jerry Dodgion – reeds
-Joe Farrell – reeds
-Eddie Daniels – reeds
-Pepper Adams – reeds
-Roland Hanna – piano
-Richard Davis – bass
-“When I Fall In Love” – The Bill Evans Trio
-Off the Portrait In Jazz (Bonus Track Version) album, originally released in 1959
-Introduced the Bill Evans trio prior to the famous Live at the Village Vanguard recording
-Bill Evans – piano
-Scott LaFaro – bass
-Paul Motian – drums
-“Blue Roz” – Milt Jackson & Wes Montgomery
-From the Bags Meets Wes album, originally released in 1962
-Milt Jackson – vibraphone
-Wes Montgomery – guitar
-Wynton Kelly – piano
-Sam Jones – bass
-Philly Joe Jones – drums
-“I Surrender Dear” – Thelonious Monk
-From the Brilliant Corners album, originally released in 1956 on Riverside Records
-Thelonious Monk – piano, celesta
-Ernie henry – alto sax
-Sonny Rollins – tenor sax
-Oscar Pettiford – double bass
-Max Roach – drums, timpani
-“Tribute to Brownie” – Louis Smith
-From the Here Comes Louis Smith (Rudy Van Gelder Edition) album, originally released in 1957 on Blue Note Records
-Louis Smiths’ debut album before becoming a full-time teacher
-Louis Smith – trumpet
-Cannonball Adderley – alto sax
-Duke Jordon, Tommy Flanagan – piano
-Doug Watkins – bass
-Art Taylor – drums
-Cannonball Adderley’s pseudonym was “Buckshot La Funke” on this recording
-Louis Smith didn’t record again as a bandleader until 1978
-“Easy Street (1992 Remaster)” – Julie London
-Off the Julie is Her Name, Vols. 1 &2 album, originally released in 1992 on Capitol
-gained a reputation for her sultry voice and attitude
-Barney Kessel – piano
-Howard Roberts – guitar
-Red Mitchell – bass
-“The Inch Worm” – John Coltrane Quartet
-Off the Coltrane album, a CD release of the 1962 LP
-McCoy Tyner – piano
-Jimmy Garrison – bass
-Elvin Jones – drummer
-“That Old Black Magic” – Ike Quebec
-Off the Blue and Sentimental (Rudy Van Gelder Edition), originally released in 1961 on Blue Note Records
-Involved with Blue Note Records as an A&R guy
-Ike Quebec – tenor sax, piano
-Grant Green – guitar
-Paul Chambers – bass
-Philly Joe Jones – drums
-“Stardust” – Nat King Cole
-Off The World of Nat King Cole album, released on a 2005 compilation from Capitol Records
-“Happy Birthday/Blue Bossa” – Mich,el Camilo
-From the Live at the Blue Note album from 2003
-Michel Camilo – piano
-Charles Flores – bass
-Horatio “El Negro” Hernandez – drums